How To Improve Your Golf Swing 111-120

If there is one area of the game that gives amateur golfers more trouble than any other, it just might be the short pitch shot. Playing a pitch from 20 or 30 yards from the target is a tough task for the average player, as this shot requires a blend of touch and technique that is not easy to obtain. Only through plenty of hard work and attention to detail will you be able to obtain the skills needed to execute this shot properly time after time. Of course, if you are willing to do the work necessary, you will be left with a valuable shot that can save you strokes for many years to come.

Chipping is an incredibly important skill in the game of golf. If you don't know how to consistently chip the ball within a few feet of the hole, you are going to have trouble shooting good scores – even if the rest of your game is in good condition. All golfers miss greens, so you are certain to need your chipping game to bail you out on at least a few occasions during a round. The difference between a score you love and a score you hate can be as simple as getting the ball up and down a few extra times over the course of 18 holes.

How do you think you should go about creating more power in your golf swing? Head to the gym to build some muscles? Hit the track to lose a few pounds so you can become more flexible? Maybe buy a new driver in order to take advantage of all of the modern technology that is used in the game today? While all of those steps could potentially add a few yards to your drives, nothing will have quite the same impact as learning how to make a full turn in your backswing.

There are very few mistakes in golf as frustrating as the hook. When you are hitting a hook, it is almost impossible to get your ball around the course without incurring a number of penalty shots – and likely lost balls as well. In fact, if you fight a hook for long enough, you might start wondering if you want to continue playing the game at all. The game simply isn't much fun when you look up time after time to see the ball diving quickly to the left.

When you refer to the action that is going to move the club around your body in order to hit the ball, what do you call it? Of course, you call it a 'swing'. Do you ever call it a 'lift'? Certainly not. No one has ever gone to the range to work on their 'golf lift'. You practice your golf swing, because a swing is exactly what it should be. When the club is free to swing naturally around your body, great things are possible on the course. However, if you just lift the club up into position before dropping it back down on the ball, you will be highly unlikely to ever produce anything of value in your game.

It is easy to overlook your divots. After all, they are just chunks of grass that are unearthed when you swing your club down into the ground. Once they are either replaced or filled with sand, you move on and never think about them again. But should it really be that simple? Maybe not. For the golfer who wishes to get the most out of his or her game, a divot can actually be a valuable piece of information that can provide feedback about the swing that just took place.

For the majority of the swings you make throughout a round of golf, you are going to want to hit down on the ball. Hitting a full iron shot from the fairway? You should be hitting down through impact. Hitting a basic chip shot from around the green? Again, hitting down is essential. However, when you put the ball up on a tee to launch it down the fairway with your driver, that story is going to change. Instead of hitting down, it is crucial that you hit up through the ball in order to optimize your launch angle and maximize distance.

If you are anything like most other amateur golfers, you would love to be able to hit a draw. Many amateur players see the draw as a 'pro' shot, as it is the ball flight which is used by many of the world's top golfers. While there are plenty of pros who play a fade as their predominant shot, the reputation of the draw as a 'player's shot' remains. Fortunately, producing a draw on a consistent basis is not quite as difficult as you might think. If you would like to learn how to play a draw in your own game, you have come to the right place.

Golf is a game of endless variety. One of the things that makes the game so addictive is the constant adjustments that have to be made on the course. You won't ever face two shots that are exactly alike – each shot has its own unique combination of distance, elevation, weather, turf conditions, pressure, and more. Golf would likely get pretty boring if you faced the same shots over and over again. Fortunately, that isn't the case. To shoot good scores, you are required to make endless adjustments to your basic swing technique. The best golfers are the ones who can adjust on the fly and produce good shots even under the most challenging of circumstances.

When you make a golf swing, there are plenty of moving parts to consider. Nearly every part of your body plays a role in moving the club through the backswing and downswing, and the club will hopefully be traveling at a high rate of speed when it reaches the ball – meaning everything has to be just right if you are going to hit a good shot in the direction of your chosen target. It is easy to get distracted by everything that is going on in the swing, but there is really only one thing that you need to focus on – the club head. If you are able to control the club head through the hitting area, in terms of both face angle and swing path, you will be well on your way to quality ball striking.